How To Install libplib1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplib1 on Kali Linux. libplib1 is Portability Libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplib1 on Kali Linux.

What is libplib1

libplib1 is:

Provides a Joystick interface, a simple GUI built on top of OpenGL, some standard geometry functions, a sound library and a simple scene graph API built on top of OpenGL.

This package provides the shared libraries. It should be installed automatically by packages which need it.

There are three methods to install libplib1 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libplib1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libplib1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libplib1

Install libplib1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libplib1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libplib1

Install libplib1 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libplib1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libplib1

How To Uninstall libplib1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libplib1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libplib1

Uninstall libplib1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libplib1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplib1

Remove libplib1 Configurations and Data

To remove libplib1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libplib1

Remove libplib1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libplib1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplib1

Dependencies

libplib1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplib1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.